Critic Score
Based on 5 reviews
2025 Ratings: #67 / 657
User Score
Based on 295 ratings
2025 Ratings: #652
April 4, 2025 / Release Date
LP / Format
Nuclear Blast / Label
Bleed from WithinProducer
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Critic Reviews

90
Distorted Sound

Zenith itself is another modern metal masterpiece in the band’s catalogue. In a world where Machine Head and Lamb of God, though still active bands, aren’t at their creative best, Bleed from Within have joined Trivium at the peak of the scene.

85
Blabbermouth.net

The most exciting thing about "Zenith" is that it clearly represents the ongoing development of this band's already confirmed abilities. It is Bleed From Within's smartest, heaviest and most distinctive album by far, and an absolute vindication of all that hard work and dogged determination.

80
MetalSucks

Overall, Zenith falls easily among Bleed From Within’s top albums, offsetting its core devilishness with an impressive amount of gratifying stylistic detours and/or concurrent enhancements.

80
Kerrang!

Naming the album Zenith could be a tease that this is as good as it’s going to get. That’s surely inaccurate ... As final track Edge Of Infinity sees the band roaring off into a smouldering widescreen sunset, it’s hard not to feel like there are still bigger victories yet to be won.

HomeSession3
85

IT IS POSSIBLE TO GIVE 100 TO PRINCE EVEN IF ERIC CLAPTON LIKES

This disc is practically perfect, the Nuclear Blast is not a label that could easily run away with such an opportunity with the new Bleed From Within album.

The error that is sometimes made with this kind of productions is always the same and I have also fallen several times: considering a product bad, only because it is inside a beautiful package.
But are we sure that it is always better a bad but "underground" product ... read more

arde
64

I actually thought the opening track was great but from there the album just became more and more alright or even kind of mid. There were better moments scattered but ultimately i found this to be quite uninteresting, pretty generic, and therefore boring. It closed off decently with the last song though.

Alkmatt
89

Judging by some fan reviews I've seen, this is considered somewhat of a downgrade from previous records. If that's the case, I can only imagine how amazing those albums are because I love this one. It's not perfect, of course, but it does the groovy melodic metalcore style extremely well. There's some groovy ass drops that make me think of Gojira or Slipknot, and some great guitar and drum work on all fronts. The harsh vocals are nice and aggressive, and the clean vocals are ... read more

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azalean_fields
67

I listened to this album in full when it came out, and never again after. Turns out there’s reasons for that - while the first few songs and the two closing tracks are good, the middle of the record is BORING. thats all i have to say

DVRKB0Y
70

Intro
La prima volta che avevo ascoltato Zenith dei Bleed From Within seppur me lo sia goduto, non mi aveva convinto appieno, ma ritrovandomi a riascoltarlo questi giorni devo dire che risulta essere un ascolto ben piu pregevole di quello che ricordavo.

Nulla di nuovo ma fatto bene
Zenith si presenta come un album metalcore di stampo piu og, con un tono decisamente piu pesante e con poche aperture melodiche e seppur non sia nulla di nuovo il tutto risulta decisamente convincente e si fa ... read more

xcomebackkid
76

A heavy album that caters to Metalcore fans who stuck by the genre over the years. It's progressive in the sense where it no longer needs to rely on big predictable breakdown moments to create darkness or depth. It's a creative use of groove and technical prowess combined with solid production from Nuclear Blast to shepherd the sound to a solid final execution.

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Track List

1Violent Nature
3:55
80
2In Place of Your Halo
3:43
83
3Zenith
4:18
77
4God Complex
4:05
84
5A Hope in Hell
4:02
80
6Dying Sun
5:28
72
7Immortal Desire
4:16
69
8Chained to Hate
4:07
77
9Known by No Name
3:52
79
10Hands of Sin
3:56
feat. Sylosis
80
11Edge of Infinity
5:22
80
Total Length: 47 minutes
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